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31 August 2009

Recently my family and I went to Kuala Terengganu to send my brother for his university intake. He managed to get himself into the UMT, Terengganu University of Malaysia. Actually, it was my first time stepping into the Terengganu territory. So for me, it is more like an adventure to an unknown place =p

Just based on Google Earth and a friend’s simple guidance, we headed there blindly. For most of us, this journey was the longest we ever travelled compared to when going back to my mum’s hometown in Perak. We went there a day earlier and managed to rent a ‘Home stay’ apartment for a night somewhere near the capital.

The university was quite ok overall I would say. It is still new and looks clean, plus, it irritates me that the fact the student’s hostel are just behind the beach! >.< Damn… I wished my previous college located at this kind of place so that I would play at the beach everyday >.>

The house where we spent the night

The university surroundings

My brother checking in his room

and the beach is just a click away >.<

We came this far, it would be a waste if we don't dip our feet in the beach first before going back =p

My mum and brother

Spoils of war, bought lots of keropok lekor (fish chips) =p

Sleepy, so gave mum to drive, and she did a 140km/h on the highway >.<

One thing for sure, there is no big highway to cross till Kuala Terengganu but only the normal town road. The thing is, those uncle drivers are damn inconsiderate and drove slowly at the middle of the road without giving a care who at the back >.< So, I had to drive like how Kuala Lumpur citizen would do, extreme speeding and godlike overtaking skills =p

But of course, the overall journey turned out to be quite over the budget when….

17 August 2009

This is most probably the most beautiful gundam that ever been built, presenting XXXG-00W0 Wing Zero Custom Gundam that specifically re-modeled by Hajime Katoki for Gundam Wing: Endless Waltz OVA debut. Despite the beautiful appearance, this model only comes with a Vulcan cannons, beam sabers, and blaster rifles (which in the OVA is a bit overrated) which looks normal and nothing special. This model marked a milestone in my experience, for the first time I bought a Master Grade (MG) model. As the name described, MG really lives to its expectation. The parts and its assembly are a bit different than the NG or the HG. MG Gundam always comes with an improved flexibility of its design. A normal HG or NG would probably can’t bend their knees and elbows more than 90 degree, but MG can. Plus, we need to build their inner skeleton first before affixing their armor. Amazing!

Thanks to this model, my can level up my experience. In this model, I learned a lot of new techniques. First of all, I can cut the parts smoothly without leaving any extra plastic. Then for the first time I bought and used the Gundam Marker on this model. Lastly, I learned how to affix the decals. With these, now my gundams will looks much smoother and awesome, but at the same time, take a LOT of time to finished a model -.-

As usual, the gallery:

One thing for sure, this model was not designed to stand by its own without support =p